Memorial Record of Western Kentucky, Lewis Publishing Company, 1904,
pp 608-609 [McCracken]

     JAMES CAMPBELL, attorney of Paducah, was born in that city,
April 9, 1843, and is a son of James and Mary Campbell.  The father
was born in Petersburg, Virginia, and the mother was born in Salem,
Kentucky.  The former came of Scotch ancestry, his father having
been born in Scotland, but became an early settler of Virginia and a
soldier in the Colonial army, settling at Petersburg, Virginia.
     James and Mary Campbell were consistent members of the
Presbyterian church, in which the father was an elder and generous
contributor, being in every was a most worthy and upright man.  In
addition to other interests he was president of the Branch Bank of
Louisville.
     James Campbell was reared and educated in Paducah, and studied
law with his father, being admitted to the bar in 1866, when but
twenty-three years of age.  From 1880 to 1886 he served as circuit
judge.  He has been a member of the city council for a number of
years.  In politics he is a Democrat, and very active in local affairs.
     In December, 1868, he married Miss Mary K. Wheeler, daughter of
Dr. James Wheeler, of Christian county, Kentucky.  Four children
have been born of this marriage, namely: J. W. and James K., and Bessie
C. and Miss Jennie.  Mr. Campbell has large real estate
interests in Paducah, and is justly regarded as one of the leading
men of the county.

Campbell Wheeler
=
VA Scotland Christian-KY

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